burning rubber smell in my home
I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I
had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? Any and all advice is welcomed! |
burning rubber smell in my home
On 6 Mar 2006 09:20:25 -0800, "Needs Help in Roswell"
wrote: I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? Any and all advice is welcomed! Well, that's a classic description of skunk odor. Any chance it's that? |
burning rubber smell in my home
I've never associated skunk with burning rubber. Is there a room
upstairs that might have a heating vent with a duct running through that wall where the odor is originating? Even if there is, I'd be very surprised if it was the heating duct getting that hot. I'd still be worried about electrical problems despite what the electrician said. Is the wall warm to the touch anywhere? |
burning rubber smell in my home
"Needs Help in Roswell" wrote in message
oups.com... I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? Any and all advice is welcomed! Total long shot here but I thought I'd through it out there... I had a burning rubber odor in my house that took forever to identify. Turned out it was a bad UV light bulb that was emitting too much ozone. I have a UV light filter attached to my A/C unit. Any chance you have any UV light bulbs around? Good luck! |
burning rubber smell in my home
Two things come to mind. A loose and burning belt on a heater blower
or other appliance such as washer or dryer, OR you have a teenager who has been using your car and left black rubber lines all the way down your driveway. If you have a teenager, I'd punish them first and ask questions later. Otherwise, start checking appliances that have belts. especially the furnace blower. On 6 Mar 2006 09:20:25 -0800, "Needs Help in Roswell" wrote: I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? Any and all advice is welcomed! |
burning rubber smell in my home
On 6 Mar 2006 09:20:25 -0800, Needs Help in Roswell wrote:
I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I Somebody serving broiled hockey puck? |
burning rubber smell in my home
In article ,
Paul Franklin wrote: - On 6 Mar 2006 09:20:25 -0800, "Needs Help in Roswell" - wrote: - - I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I - had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not - electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The - odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the - heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? - Any and all advice is welcomed! - - Well, that's a classic description of skunk odor. Any chance it's - that? You must not live anywhere near skunks. I live in central Texas and, believe me, skunk smell is very unique. There's no mistaking it for anything!! -- 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/ |
burning rubber smell in my home
Suzie-Q wrote: In article , Paul Franklin wrote: - On 6 Mar 2006 09:20:25 -0800, "Needs Help in Roswell" - wrote: - - I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I - had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not - electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The - odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the - heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? - Any and all advice is welcomed! - - Well, that's a classic description of skunk odor. Any chance it's - that? You must not live anywhere near skunks. I live in central Texas and, believe me, skunk smell is very unique. There's no mistaking it for anything!! Skunk with a muscle car, he meant. |
burning rubber smell in my home
Needs Help in Roswell wrote: I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? Any and all advice is welcomed! Sometimes I find funny scents kind of like you describe, best I can trace them is they seem to come up from the car/garage (in the basement) under some circumstances which I can't define. |
burning rubber smell in my home
At Ground Zero, skunk spray does, in my
opinion, smell like burning rubber .... expecially on a dog!!!! Also, when it is far away, it smells a bit like coffee. I once read that a chemist said there is some chemical basis for the coffee smell. Anyway, I have, over the past year, been occasionally smelling something like "something is too hot" smell. Sometimes it is like rubber, other times, it's different. I found that it happens when the dishwasher is on the dry cycle where a piece of food gets "cooked" on the element. It is strange how the air currents in a house move the smell where you'd least expect it. Suzie-Q wrote: In article , Paul Franklin wrote: - On 6 Mar 2006 09:20:25 -0800, "Needs Help in Roswell" - wrote: - - I have all of a sudden had a burning rubber odor in my dining room. I - had an electrician come out and he assured me that it is not - electrical. I saw a few articles that suggested heater problems. The - odor is actually in the wall on the opposite side of the room from the - heater vent? Any ideas as to what this may be and who I should call? - Any and all advice is welcomed! - - Well, that's a classic description of skunk odor. Any chance it's - that? You must not live anywhere near skunks. I live in central Texas and, believe me, skunk smell is very unique. There's no mistaking it for anything!! |
burning rubber smell in my home
replying to Art Todesco, Cyndy wrote:
You rock! Hours of inspecting my house n the smell was coming from dog that was following me around.... skunk got him n it smells like sour burning rubber lol -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...ome-95754-.htm |
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